Last weekend we hosted our annual Christmas party. Each year our friends gather, bring unwrapped gifts for a local toy drive and even Santa pays a visit. It's one of my favorite parties that we throw. It's such a hectic time of year, it's nice to get our close friends together for one night to [...]

Have you seen the viral video of Keaton Jones? He is a boy in Tennessee who was being bullied and his mom recorded him sharing his pain and pleading with the bully kids to stop. It's absolutely heart wrenching. It's gotten a ton of media attention and a host of celebrities offering their support. My [...]

A couple of the product links below are affiliate links. My Christmas decorations are a hodgepodge of pieces I've had or collected over the years with a few new items mixed in. I love having familiar pieces mixed with a few new elements each year. We kept the decorations somewhat simple this year considering that [...]

The Kindness Elves are coming back to our house for a visit and I'll be honest, I'm slightly anxious about it. I did it a little bit last year but honestly, it was completely half assed. Luckily, Big Nugget wasn't really old enough to remember but this year, the pressure is on and I'm hoping [...]

The some links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. All styling and purchases were made independently of this. We try to do professional family pictures each year. I've done professional newborn pictures for each girl, one year portraits [...]

I spend a lot of my time during the holiday's trying to recreate the magic of my own childhood for my kids. We are working hard to make sure that our kids understand the real meaning of the season. Starting with our Kindness Elves and continuing through to what Santa brings them. We already got [...]

Usually the WANT category is an easy one for Big Nugget. I am having a hard time getting her to make an actual list though. She tells me she wants all things squishy but then will tell other people that she wants other things. So my husband and I have a shared list on our [...]